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| How did the Nazis respond to the Jews how Nazis stripped Jews of German citizenship? | In 1935, the Nuremberg laws stripped Jews of their German citizenship, and outlawed marriage between Jews and non-Jews. |
| What was the Final Solution? | Hitler considered mass murder by firing squad accdeptable in a war zone, he found the method unsuitable for the conquered nations of western and central Europe. The Nazi officials met at the Wannsee Conference to agree on a new approach. They developed a plan to achieve what was called the final solution to the Jewish question. It would lead to the construction of special camps in Poland where genocide was to be carried out against Europe's Jews. |
| What is genocide? | It is the deliberate destruction of an entire ethnic or cultural group. |
| What is Nazi's systematic murder of European Jews? | The Nazis chose poison gas as the most effective way to kill the Jews in death camps. |
| What jobs did women hold for the first time during World War II? | Women took jobs in manufacturing, particularly in the defense industries. Many women took jobs in the aircraft factories, shipyards, and other industries. |
| How did the U. S. government meet the demand for war materials? | The government set up the War Production Board (WPB) to direct the conversion of peacetime industries that produced war goods. |
| How were African Americans soldiers treated during World War II in the north? | African Americans and white soldiers risked their lives equally in the war. The American military strictly segregated troops. |
| How were African American soldiers treated during World War II as soldiers in the military? | When Africans came home, they still faced prejudice. |
| Who were thee code talkers and what did they do? | The marines recruited more than 400 navajos to serve as radio operators. These code talkers as they became known provided an important secure communications link in several key battles of the war. |
| Why did Americans not spend much of the money they earned in wartime jobs? | Shortages and rationing limited the good that people could buy. |
